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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who thinks Elizabeth Grangerfield is acting disgracefully?

2. For what do Jordan and Alexandra prepare?

3. How is Alexandra feeling the next day in the carriage?

4. What type of honor is the only one with which women are born?

5. Why does Jordan feel sorry for most women?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jordan respond after the bandits are no longer a threat?

2. What does Jordan say to Lady Catherine about what he just saw and what is her reply?

3. Who is the Dowager Duchess of Hawthorne and how does she react to Jodan's tale from the night before?

4. What surprises the Dowager about Alexandra, and what is Jordan's response?

5. What does Jordan decide about having sex with Alexandra?

6. What does Mrs. Lawrence think will save her family?

7. What does Jordan see when he looks out the window after being in bed with Lady Catherine Harrington?

8. What do Jordan and Alexandra do after their wedding?

9. How do the attackers react to Alexandra, and what does she do?

10. What does Jordan say about women when he hears Lady's Catherine's indifference?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jordan decides to marry Alexandra because he feels gratitude and partly out of pity for her. Discuss the following:

1. List three criteria which you believe are essential for a good marriage. Discuss why you choose those three and then discuss if you believe Jordan and Alexandra's relationship possesses any of those qualities. Use examples from the text.

2. List three criteria which you believe make a successful marriage impossible. Discuss why you choose those three and then discuss if you believe Jordan and Alexandra's relationship possesses any of those qualities. Use examples from the text.

3. Using the three criteria which you list for both a successful marriage and those which would greatly hinder a successful marriage, argue whether or not you believe Jordan and Alexandra's relationship marriage will be successful or a failure based upon the six criteria you cited.

Essay Topic 2

Something Wonderful ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why? not?

2. What are at least three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Something Wonderful and if it fulfills some or all of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Something Wonderful is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

4. Would you have wished the ending to be different? Why or why not? Would that have changed what the author wished to convey with the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Define irony in literary terms. Discuss the irony of the situation whereby when Alexandra begins to pry into Joran's life, she sees that there is more to him than meets the eye.The irony in this is that Jordan is thinking the same thing of her. Discuss two other incidences of irony in Something Wonderful.

2. Define symbolism in literary terms. Discuss the use of and meaning of five symbols found in Something Wonderful.

3. Discuss the use of foreshadowing in literature. What is the purpose of foreshadowing? Cite 3 examples of foreshadowing and how it is used to indicate events to come in Something Wonderful.

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